On April 2‚ 1968‚ Stanley Kubrick‘s 2001: A Space Odyssey had its world premiere in Washington‚ D.C.. The movie became a classic‚ setting the benchmark for sci-fi films. The film also gave one of the first cinematic warnings about artificial intelligence. — On April 2‚ 1513‚ Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed on the coast of Florida. — Today is the birthday of Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (April 2‚ 1849 – February 8‚ 1902. He was a Russian military officer‚ engineer‚ and a co-designer of the Mosin–Nagant rifle. — This is the birthday of Émile François Zola‚ a novelist and … The post Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — April 2‚ 2024 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.